I'm trying to unlearn how much I think about other people's feelings & reactions because it is TOO MUCH.
I think autistic women don't just lack the same privileges. I think the expectations placed on women & girls have an especially intense effect on autistic women because we already have to expend so much effort managing how other people perceive us, so we just take on the full load of emotional management for everyone. Because why not? We're required to think about it 24/7 anyway, right?